Objects can carry memories in ways that photographs and stories sometimes can’t. A familiar recipe card, a handwritten note or a small item tied to a shared interest may bring someone’s personality back into focus for a moment. A thoughtful keepsake gives those memories a physical home and can offer comfort long after the first rush of condolences has passed.
On This Date, March 5th in 1982: Actor / Comedian John Belushi died of an accidental drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in West Hollywood, California. He was 33 years old. He’s been gone so long now that it’s easy to forget just how gifted and funny John Belushi was, and many people reading this may be too young to remember much at all about John. But you can remember some of his achievements, and read about projects he never lived to see completed, at This Link. RIP, John.
Jerry Nolan with Bandmates Sylvain Sylvain (Left) and David Johansen (Right) (Image Source)
On This Date in 1992: New York Dolls’ drummer Jerry Nolan died while in a coma after suffering a stroke a few weeks earlier in New York City. Nolan was 45 years old.
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